What are “Shines”?
Shines are an integral component of salsa that add flare and style to your dancing Shines allow partners to abandon the roles of lead/follow for brief moments. Shines consists mainly of fancy footwork that deviate form the footwork typically executed while partnerin. This component of sala dancing provides the opportunity to improve confidence in movement that is independent of a partner. However many aspects of shines can also be utilized in partnerwork, adding enhanced musical interpretation. Development of shines helps create a greater awarness of movement, confidence, musicality and most of all the endless possibilities for self-expression.
